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National Committee Tracy D. Mygatt Frances Withcrspoon February 12, 1973 Honorary Chairwomen Bent Andrcsen* Sue Bass Norma Becker* Treasurer Dear members and friends, Don Bender David Berkingoff* Connie Bleakley* We had planned to make this a special mailing announcing plans for James Bristol Maris Cakars* the League's 50th Anniversary - which is this year. Secretary Edna Coleman* Tom Cornell* Two events must take priority, however. The first is the cease fire John Darr* Ann Davidon* in Vietnam. An analysis of that, and its implications both for the Barbara Deming American movement and for Indochina, is enclosed. Bob Eaton Seth Foldy Jim Forest* Vice-chairman The second item is one that must have top priority - the matter of Larry Gara Ed Gottlieb* the 200,000 - 300,000 civilian prisoners now held in Saigon prisons Neil Haworth* and facing possible death. Can you orient local peace work toward Ed Hedemann Vice-Chairman creating public pressure on Congress to respond to this issue? Steve Hipps Roy Kepler In and elsewhere across the country there are special LaVerne Kofi! demonstrations planned for March 1 to dramatize the plight of those , George Lakey* Brad Lyttte* being held prisoner. If your local group can organize a vigil or Prafulla Mukerji* Ed Murphy* action of some kind, please do so. Grace Paley* Margie Rece V ice-Chairwoman Many have asked what the League will do "now that the war is over" William O. Reichert * and we realize that for many of our own members - and for a great Ira Sandperl Wendy Schwartz* many Americans - the is the only one they have known, Chip Sharpe and the cease fire is greeted with the kind of relief one feels Mulford Sibley Glenn Smiley when a job is finished and we are free to relax. In fact, we are AM.in Solomonow** free now to take on new tasks. We have prepared a special leaflet Marjorie Swann Joe Tuchinsky (enclosed) which we hope can be widely used in mailings to local Barbara Webster* Jack Wenzel peace groups. Extra copies are available from us - $1/100. You can Denny Wilcher also reproduce the leaflet locally or use it as the basis for Sandra Wolf* Beverly Woodward something better in your own area. Martin Yanuck Irma Zigas* Chairwoman Van Twisohn* In the meantime we move ahead. Ed Murphy, a Vietnam Veteran who is and one member now a pacifist and member of our Executive Committee, is going to iront each WRL local Paris for an international conference on Amnesty - a question on * Executive Committee which the League is preparing an action kit. Irma Zigas, the League's Stuff Jerry Coffin new Chairperson, will be in Rome at the end of this month for an Ralph DiGia international conference being called to help guarantee and enforce Torn Flower David McReynolds the Paris Agreements on Indochina. Jim Pcc-t Lynne Shatzkin In peace and joy,

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